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NEWSLETTER Lethbridge EBstorical Society
The Southern Alberta Chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta
I Number 1
"TOSEETTHnsSN 0838-7249
Lethbridge, Alberta,
P.O.BOX 974 Canada TIJ 4A2
Membership in the Historical Society of Alberta is $30.00 per year single or $35.00 a couple or family. It includes a subscription to the quarteriy ALBERTA HISTORY, and members residing from Nanton south are also registered with the Lethbridge Historical Society and receive newsletters and notices. (Your mailing label expiration date will be highlighted when it is time to renew) Please send dues to the treasurer.
President Past President Vice-President Secretary/Newsletter Editor Treasurer
Council Member (2000) Council Member (2000) Council Member (2001) Council Member (2001) Council Member (2002) Council Member (2002) Book Distribution & Sales
LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICFRC
Carlton R. (Barbara) Stewart
Wm. (Bill) (Juanita) Lingard
Jean (Andrew) Johnston
Irma (Jake) Dogterom
David J. (Gerry) Dowey
Ernie (Goldie) Snowden
R. W. (Dick) (Theresa) Papworth
Audrey Swedish
Robert (Emerice) Shore
Wilma Wood
Helen Kovacs
Norm (Georgia) Fooks
Regular meetings are held in the Theatre Gallery of the Lethbridge Public Library at 7:15 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Greetings from the Editor!
Y2K has arrived, happily with few glitches on the local scene. We are told blips may still appear from time to time, but major problemns appear to have been averted. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the compliments of the season, with a happy and prosperous year 2000. I appreciate all the assistance I have received from members and others who have given me articles or topics for the newsletter. The following paragraphs seem particularly appropriate at the beginning of this new year.
"/ am concerned that western Carmdians in general lack a sense of their own history. For most of us history in school meant a study of the kings and queens of Englarui; today it is often a current historical "fad". Thousands of us spend our summers abroad, lining up in queues to see the historical sights of Europe and to experience the "feeling of history".
But the fact is that our own Canadian history is just as rich arui rewarding, is in many ways infinitely more meaningful and lies all around us in the beauty of our Western landscape."
Bruce Haig, 1979.
Let us keep this in mind and do our part to preserve our history. Write down that story you have been meaning to write. Get involved to preserve that spot you feel is important The time for saving the past is now!
The Editor
Notices
The next regular meeting of the LHS will be held on January 24, 2000 in the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery at 7:15. Jason Carroll of the Sir Alexander Gait Museum & Archives will be showing some of the A.L. Somerville video tapes.
Alex Johnston Award of Merit: Members are reminded to submit names of candidates for the Alex Johnston Award of Merit to Helen Kovacs at the address above.
The Annual General Meeting of the Lethbridge Historical Society was held November 23, 1999. Your executive for the 1999/2000 year are as listed. The program for the evening was presented by Carly Stewart with a slide show on the construction of the CPR Viaduct, otherwise known as the 'High Level Bridge'.
1999 is the 90th anniversary of the building of the bridge. The Millennium Calendar put out by the Lethbridge Herald, has pictures of the bridge showing a wide range of seasons and various angles.
Our social evening and banquet is set for Feb. 22,
2000 at the Royal Canadian Legion. The speaker for the evening will be Trudy Cowan, (of Calgary), of the Heritage Canada Foundation, her topic to be the Cultural Landscape of Canada's Agriculture. Information and a registration sheet are enclosed with this newsletter.

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NEWSLETTER Lethbridge EBstorical Society
The Southern Alberta Chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta
I Number 1
"TOSEETTHnsSN 0838-7249
Lethbridge, Alberta,
P.O.BOX 974 Canada TIJ 4A2
Membership in the Historical Society of Alberta is $30.00 per year single or $35.00 a couple or family. It includes a subscription to the quarteriy ALBERTA HISTORY, and members residing from Nanton south are also registered with the Lethbridge Historical Society and receive newsletters and notices. (Your mailing label expiration date will be highlighted when it is time to renew) Please send dues to the treasurer.
President Past President Vice-President Secretary/Newsletter Editor Treasurer
Council Member (2000) Council Member (2000) Council Member (2001) Council Member (2001) Council Member (2002) Council Member (2002) Book Distribution & Sales
LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICFRC
Carlton R. (Barbara) Stewart
Wm. (Bill) (Juanita) Lingard
Jean (Andrew) Johnston
Irma (Jake) Dogterom
David J. (Gerry) Dowey
Ernie (Goldie) Snowden
R. W. (Dick) (Theresa) Papworth
Audrey Swedish
Robert (Emerice) Shore
Wilma Wood
Helen Kovacs
Norm (Georgia) Fooks
Regular meetings are held in the Theatre Gallery of the Lethbridge Public Library at 7:15 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
Greetings from the Editor!
Y2K has arrived, happily with few glitches on the local scene. We are told blips may still appear from time to time, but major problemns appear to have been averted. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the compliments of the season, with a happy and prosperous year 2000. I appreciate all the assistance I have received from members and others who have given me articles or topics for the newsletter. The following paragraphs seem particularly appropriate at the beginning of this new year.
"/ am concerned that western Carmdians in general lack a sense of their own history. For most of us history in school meant a study of the kings and queens of Englarui; today it is often a current historical "fad". Thousands of us spend our summers abroad, lining up in queues to see the historical sights of Europe and to experience the "feeling of history".
But the fact is that our own Canadian history is just as rich arui rewarding, is in many ways infinitely more meaningful and lies all around us in the beauty of our Western landscape."
Bruce Haig, 1979.
Let us keep this in mind and do our part to preserve our history. Write down that story you have been meaning to write. Get involved to preserve that spot you feel is important The time for saving the past is now!
The Editor
Notices
The next regular meeting of the LHS will be held on January 24, 2000 in the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery at 7:15. Jason Carroll of the Sir Alexander Gait Museum & Archives will be showing some of the A.L. Somerville video tapes.
Alex Johnston Award of Merit: Members are reminded to submit names of candidates for the Alex Johnston Award of Merit to Helen Kovacs at the address above.
The Annual General Meeting of the Lethbridge Historical Society was held November 23, 1999. Your executive for the 1999/2000 year are as listed. The program for the evening was presented by Carly Stewart with a slide show on the construction of the CPR Viaduct, otherwise known as the 'High Level Bridge'.
1999 is the 90th anniversary of the building of the bridge. The Millennium Calendar put out by the Lethbridge Herald, has pictures of the bridge showing a wide range of seasons and various angles.
Our social evening and banquet is set for Feb. 22,
2000 at the Royal Canadian Legion. The speaker for the evening will be Trudy Cowan, (of Calgary), of the Heritage Canada Foundation, her topic to be the Cultural Landscape of Canada's Agriculture. Information and a registration sheet are enclosed with this newsletter.